Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1621

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. Tasks health care providers with reporting any incident of verbal aggression or physical assault of a health care worker employed by the health care provider in the health care provider's emergency department to the Department of Public Health. Requires the Department to track the information reported to assess each health care provider's progress in systemically limiting the verbal aggression toward and physical assault of health care workers. Requires health care providers to post notice regarding verbal aggression and physical assault of health care workers in each emergency department of the health care provider. Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/8/2023	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy
2/8/2023	Senate	First Reading
2/8/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/23/2023	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
2/28/2023	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
3/2/2023	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner

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